The March 2 letter to the editor from Kenneth Schammel, “Respect for life versus guns,” raises some interesting points. However, guns in and of themselves are not evil. It is the illicit user of the gun that is evil. Evil has no weapon of choice.
Abortionists don’t use guns. Adolf Hitler used gas chambers. Timothy McVeigh used fertilizer and a truck. The Sept. 11 terrorists didn’t use guns. The Boston Bomber didn’t use a gun. Countless others have been murdered by beheadings, car bombs, hangings and nerve gas.
The main issue, in fact, is respect for life. The mention of God is either forbidden or detested in the public sector. Many of us who worship and honor God are ridiculed for professing our beliefs. Until all humankind acknowledges and practices the teachings of Jesus, the violence will continue.
William J. Barker lives in Charlotte.